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Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood (2022)

8 | 16 Mar 2022 | Documentary History

In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story of the making of a seminal movie that initiated the Blaxploitation movement, a short-lived but highly influential sub-genre in the years that followed.

Featured Crew

Catherine Bernstein Director
Martine Delumeau Director
Pasquin Mariani Sound
Benoît Alavoine Editor
Jérôme Colin Director of Photography

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood (2022) Cast & Crew

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